Chocolate Cups with Ice Cream and Peanuts

Name: Chocolate Cups with Ice Cream and Peanuts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped; 1 pint superpremium ice cream, slightly softened; 59 milliliters chopped cocktail peanuts

Chocolate Cups with Ice Cream and Peanuts might be just the side dish you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 154 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Summer. Head to the store and pick up fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, superpremium ice cream, cocktail peanuts, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Line muffin cups and lightly spray liners with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Muffin Liners

Melt chocolate in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Spoon a scant teaspoon chocolate into each cup and use paintbrush to coat bottoms and sides evenly. Freeze cups until chocolate is firm, about 5 minutes, then repaint any thin spots, especially around top edges, with some of remaining chocolate and refreeze until firm, about 5 minutes.

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Chocolate

Water

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Spoon remaining melted chocolate into a small sealable plastic bag, pressing out excess air. Twist bag firmly just above chocolate and set aside.

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Chocolate

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Ziploc Bags

Working in 3 batches, scoop about 1 1/2 tablespoons ice cream into each cup and gently press into cups with a small offset spatula or back of a spoon to fill cups evenly. (You will have some ice cream left over.) Refreeze cups to firm ice cream, at least 5 minutes.

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Ice Cream

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Offset Spatula

Sprinkle cups with peanuts, then snip off a minuscule portion of 1 bottom corner of plastic bag with scissors to form a very small opening and decoratively pipe remaining chocolate over peanuts. Freeze desserts until chocolate and ice cream harden, at least 30 minutes.

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Chocolate

Ice Cream

Peanuts